Pinnacles MEC passes the TA
08-22-2009 | 12:02 PM
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I know plenty of FOs who have the mentality "why bother" once they found out the 2nd year pay would only be a notch above Mesa, and way below ASA & Comair & Skywest's current rates (which are old rates)...if it had been ASA + $1 as advertised, you might have seen your 350+ FOs vote yes...but that math will skew when most guys realize the tax bracket increase will kill their paltry $7 raise...also don't forget there are plenty of career changers and FedEx kiddies here who had the money to pay for Jet U & ATP--and for some of those folks money isn't, wasn't, and won't ever be a big influencing factor in their life decisions...
08-22-2009 | 12:28 PM
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Nick- not sure where you get the fedex kiddie mindset of jetU and ATP. Purple has 500-700 fat anyway so even if you are a fedex "kiddie" there is no yellow path to walk over with a "magic 1000".
08-22-2009 | 12:42 PM
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I know plenty of FOs who have the mentality "why bother" once they found out the 2nd year pay would only be a notch above Mesa, and way below ASA & Comair & Skywest's current rates (which are old rates)...if it had been ASA + $1 as advertised, you might have seen your 350+ FOs vote yes...but that math will skew when most guys realize the tax bracket increase will kill their paltry $7 raise...also don't forget there are plenty of career changers and FedEx kiddies here who had the money to pay for Jet U & ATP--and for some of those folks money isn't, wasn't, and won't ever be a big influencing factor in their life decisions...
Yeah I agree with Higney...I cant think of ANY "zero to hero" kid that was also born to purple parents, and I think I've flown with all of them. 1 or 2 did the jet transition course but that was after already having like 600-700 TT instructing....however you are right money wont be a factor for them since most will be at the majors as soon as they hit that 1000 tpic mark in 2 years
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08-22-2009 | 12:44 PM
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